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Masonic Intelligence.
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , NOVEMBER G , 1844 . Present , E . C . J . Ramsbottom , M . P , „ — Satterley and C . Baumer , as Z . H . J . Several present and past Grand Officers and the present ancl past Principals of Subordinate Chapters . The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation were read and confirmed .
1 he report of the Committee of General Purposes was read , recommending Provincial Chapters for Worcester and Gosport , and stating that a petition from certain Companions , desirous of having a Chapter attached to the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , No . 30 , London , was in all respects perfect ; but the Committee preferred leaving the subject to the consideration of Grand Lodge without any especial recommendation , by reason that it had been generally thought there were already a sufficient
number of Chapters in London . The finances were in a state of progressive improvement . The report of the Committee was ordered to be received . The warrants for Chapters to be held in Worcester and Gosport were unanimously granted . The petition for a Chapter to be attached to the Old King ' s Arms Lodge having been read ,
Comp . CRUCEFIX observed , that it being in all respects in strict conformity with the law , and having passed the scrutiny of the Committee , he could see no objection whatever to the prayer being granted ; that in fact , to suppress the desire for new Chapters was not consonant to the spirit of Freemasonry , and that it would be time to make a law to prevent new Chapters when they should become too numerous for security , a point to which there was little probability of arriving . After commenting on the character of the petitioners , ancl the general state of the case , he
concluded by moving that the prayer of the petitioners be granted . The motion being seconded , Comp . McMullen stated his objections ; that the case was not analagous to those of the Chapters of Joppa and Robert Burns , and that serious inconvenience would result if a warrant was granted . Com ]) DOBIE observed , that if the warrant was granted , to which , he confessed , there was no legal objection , it was not improbable that
tlie Grand' Master ' s Lodge might sue for a Chapter , and if so , it was probable that the members of their Lodge who were now Companions of the Prince of Wales' Chapter would secede therefrom and join the new Chapter . * However , he found , on looking closely to the petition , there ivas a vagueness of expression ' in it , " which induced him to request the proposer to withdraw it for future { presentation in a clearer form . Comp . BIGG fully concurred in the ' opinion that the prayer of the
petitioners should be granted , ancl as a little delay would not injure its merits , he suggested the adoption of Comp . Dobie ' s view to withdraw it for a clearer statement as to the time of meeting .-Comp . JOHN SAVAGE did hot consider the case as analagous with former petitions . . " After a brief consultation , Dr . CRUCEFIX withdrew the petition , thanking'tlie Grand Chapter for the liberality and kindness with which it hail been received . Twenty Guineas were respectively votetl to the Girls' and Boys' Schools .
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Masonic Intelligence.
QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , NOVEMBER G , 1844 . Present , E . C . J . Ramsbottom , M . P , „ — Satterley and C . Baumer , as Z . H . J . Several present and past Grand Officers and the present ancl past Principals of Subordinate Chapters . The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation were read and confirmed .
1 he report of the Committee of General Purposes was read , recommending Provincial Chapters for Worcester and Gosport , and stating that a petition from certain Companions , desirous of having a Chapter attached to the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , No . 30 , London , was in all respects perfect ; but the Committee preferred leaving the subject to the consideration of Grand Lodge without any especial recommendation , by reason that it had been generally thought there were already a sufficient
number of Chapters in London . The finances were in a state of progressive improvement . The report of the Committee was ordered to be received . The warrants for Chapters to be held in Worcester and Gosport were unanimously granted . The petition for a Chapter to be attached to the Old King ' s Arms Lodge having been read ,
Comp . CRUCEFIX observed , that it being in all respects in strict conformity with the law , and having passed the scrutiny of the Committee , he could see no objection whatever to the prayer being granted ; that in fact , to suppress the desire for new Chapters was not consonant to the spirit of Freemasonry , and that it would be time to make a law to prevent new Chapters when they should become too numerous for security , a point to which there was little probability of arriving . After commenting on the character of the petitioners , ancl the general state of the case , he
concluded by moving that the prayer of the petitioners be granted . The motion being seconded , Comp . McMullen stated his objections ; that the case was not analagous to those of the Chapters of Joppa and Robert Burns , and that serious inconvenience would result if a warrant was granted . Com ]) DOBIE observed , that if the warrant was granted , to which , he confessed , there was no legal objection , it was not improbable that
tlie Grand' Master ' s Lodge might sue for a Chapter , and if so , it was probable that the members of their Lodge who were now Companions of the Prince of Wales' Chapter would secede therefrom and join the new Chapter . * However , he found , on looking closely to the petition , there ivas a vagueness of expression ' in it , " which induced him to request the proposer to withdraw it for future { presentation in a clearer form . Comp . BIGG fully concurred in the ' opinion that the prayer of the
petitioners should be granted , ancl as a little delay would not injure its merits , he suggested the adoption of Comp . Dobie ' s view to withdraw it for a clearer statement as to the time of meeting .-Comp . JOHN SAVAGE did hot consider the case as analagous with former petitions . . " After a brief consultation , Dr . CRUCEFIX withdrew the petition , thanking'tlie Grand Chapter for the liberality and kindness with which it hail been received . Twenty Guineas were respectively votetl to the Girls' and Boys' Schools .